Αἰκατερίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Often said to be from Ἑκάτη (Hekátē, “Hecate”), though the Oxford Dictionary of First Names finds this unconvincing. Or, from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/ → /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/ → /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Αἰκατερῑ́νη • (Aikaterī́nē) f (genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine or Katharine.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη; τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη hē Aikaterī́nē
Genitive	τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης tês Aikaterī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Αἰκατερῑ́νῃ têi Aikaterī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Αἰκατερῑ́νην tḕn Aikaterī́nēn
Vocative	Αἰκατερῑ́νη Aikaterī́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: Katrina
• Bulgarian: Екатерина (Ekaterina)
• Czech: Kateřina
• Danish: Katharina, Karen
• Dutch: Katrijn, Catharina
• English: Catherine, Katherine, Caitlin, Katrina, Kathleen, Karen
• Estonian: Katariina
• Finnish: Katariina
• French: Catherine
• German: Katharina
• Greek: Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni), Κατερίνα (Katerína)
• Hungarian: Katarina
• Icelandic: Katrín
• Irish: Caitlín, Caitríona
• Italian: Caterina
• Korean: 카타리나 (katarina)
• Latin: Catharina (The Latin loan and its descendants are derived from a portmanteau of Αἰκατερίνη and καθαρός (katharós) ("pure"). Later adaptations of this form may have respelt the second /a/ as /e/, probably as a natural mutation but also probably as a restoration of the Greek ε. Hybrid forms may have come into existence under influence from both the Greek and Latin forms.)
• Latvian: Katrīna, Katarīna, Kate
• Low German: Trine
• Maltese: Katarina
• Polish: Katarzyna
• Portuguese: Catarina
• Romanian: Ecaterina
• Russian: Екатери́на (Jekaterína)
• Serbo-Croatian: Катарина, Katarina
• Slovak: Katarína
• Slovene: Katarina
• Spanish: Catalina
• Swedish: Katarina
• Turkish: Katerina, Ekaterina
• Ukrainian: Катерина (Kateryna)
• Venetian: Catarina
• Welsh: Catrin
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